Commando 42-96603

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96603

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30265

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU801

FATE: Unknown

  July 1944 to September 1947

  42-96603 - USAAF (USA)

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July 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

  September 1947 to 1960

  42-96603 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2242^nd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Selfridge AFB, MI.

10 January 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  1960 to 1961

  N5098K - DASCOMP AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES (USA)

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1960

Purchased from USAF. [this is much earlier that most USAF Commandos, which were auctioned in 1965]

  1961 to 1974

  HP-352 - AEROVIAS INTERNACIONAL BALBOA (PANAMA)

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1961

Purchased.

  1974 to unknown date

  HP-352 - PRIVATE (PANAMA)

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1974

Purchased by Luis E. Eleta Lopez.

  Unknown dates

  HP-352 - PRIVATE (PANAMA)

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Unknown date

Purchased by A. H. Franco.